Example sentences of "[adj] [be] not an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not for Mr Goldin the folly of admitting , even temporarily , as New York 's mayor , Ed Koch , did last year , that , perhaps , in a province with a large pro-British majority , the British are not an occupying army after all . |
| 2 | ‘ We and the banks are agreed that this is not an appropriate basis for further finance ’ , Eurotunnel 's press release warns . |
| 3 | We and the banks are agreed that this is not an appropriate basis for further finance . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ This is not an ordinary acquisition , ’ Dr Smith said yesterday . |
| 5 | This is not an argument that should only concern South-easterners . |
| 6 | But this is not an attempt to be controversial for the sake of it . |
| 7 | This is not an office block , nor a church — although its sublime form might suggest that its architect was adept at designing cathedrals . |
| 8 | As Mr Hamilton explains it , this is not an attack on its authority but merely an attempt to establish communication ‘ with the outside world . ’ |
| 9 | Technically speaking as long as nobody was hurt , no injuries , no damage to the other vehicle , this is not an accident . |
| 10 | This is not an attempt to deal with these ideals in a comprehensive way — no single empirical study could do that — but merely an attempt to see what bearing our factual findings may have upon moral views about the media . |
| 11 | But this is not an Administration which thinks as one , as we learned during the ongoing arguments about the Soviet Union . |
| 12 | ‘ This is not an undercover operation , ’ he said . |
| 13 | For Venice and the Maldives this is not an option : there is nowhere to go . |
| 14 | This is not an issue of race , but of creed . |
| 15 | This is not an allegation that can be levelled at Frank Tipler , a cosmologist at Tulane University in Indiana . |
| 16 | This is not an elegant solution . |
| 17 | Procedurally speaking , this is not an aggravated assault , since it carries the same maximum penalty as common assault ( six months ' imprisonment ) and is also triable summarily only . |
| 18 | In fact this is not an attempt to reverse pollution , but something more complicated : to create a plan that would enable Lake Ichkeul , in Tunisia , to be used for several different purposes simultaneously . |
| 19 | This is not an onerous post ( mostly giving the chair moral support ) and would be an excellent way of getting to know people and being part of an active and friendly committee . |
| 20 | But this is not an essential feature of the procedure . |
| 21 | This is not an option for having more of an emotional than an intellectual life , but of being wholly for God . |
| 22 | This is not an immutable law , but the correlation has been sufficiently demonstrated to be a valuable guide . |
| 23 | There are a couple more cases of recent vintage , but this is not an issue which the higher courts confront very often . |
| 24 | This is not an argument based on a desire for equality or even for justice . |
| 25 | This is not an original argument , in the sense that several short introductions to feminist film theory already exist which identify many of the same problem areas as I do . |
| 26 | This is not an easy question to answer . |
| 27 | This is not an unattainable ideal , but a goal which you must pursue in order to avoid stagnation . |
| 28 | This is not an easy concept to put over , but the analogy of the case presented in the criminal court may be used to illustrate it . |
| 29 | This is not an immediate problem in the hectic process of establishing the great new structure . |
| 30 | To prove the point that this is not an exact science , although the issues illustrated in the rich picture indicated some general concern about the need for more information on residents , leading to the conclusion that the RI category would be a good place to start , the OIC 's main concern initially was the lack of accurate information about how to make sure that residents received their full entitlement of equipment ( some W's can be more relevant than others — see Chapter 5 ! ) . |